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UN Special Envoy to the Middle East: 'I leave the Gaza Strip in an even worse situation than before'

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French election: what social media changed

MEDIAWATCH, Fri. 4/4/2012: As the French election draws to a close, we take a look at the impact social media have had on the 2012 campaign. Also, a Freudian slip by the French defence minister has far-right undertones, and centrist François Bayrou features in several political cartoons today.